On Saturday, around noon time, I ventured down to Burlington’s waterfront park in search of wildlife signs. The weather was about 35 degrees and mostly sunny. One difficulty I encountered was that most of the snow had melted earlier in the week so it was harder to find tracks. As I walked around the park I saw many domesticated dogs, some seagulls, chickadees, and eastern gray squirrels. Pictured below are eastern gray squirrel tracks (along with some domesticated dog tracks that were next to the tracks) I know these tracks were made by an eastern gray squirrel since they fit the size and description illustrated In the red track guide book. I also saw the squirrel that made these trails. Unfortunately it scurried away before I could get a picture of it. It was interesting searching for wildlife signs in such an urban area. My phenology spot is located deep within centennial woods so there is always much more signs of wildlife there. Even in the urban area that I explored on Saturday I could still find signs of wildlife which really shows how connected we are to nature.
